April 6, 2003
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Sunny, 35 degrees, windy
House Finch
Canada Geese (36)
Osprey
Great Black-backed Gulls (15)
American Black Ducks (34)
Brant (124)
Tree Swallows (60)
Ruddy Ducks (150)
American Crow
Buffleheads (6)
Mute Swans (2)
Bonapartes Gulls (32)
Double-crested Cormorants (2)
Northern Shovelers (34)
Herring Gulls (28)
Glossy Ibis (6)
Ring-billed Gulls (4)
Red-winged Blackbirds (3)
American Robins (2)
Downy Woodpecker
White-throated Sparrows (2)
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinals (3)
Green-winged Teal (2)
Mallards (8)
Scaup sp. (8)
American Goldfinch
Great Egret
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
April 13, 2003
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: Sunny, temperature in high 40s, moderately breezy
Common Grackles (8)
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorants (23)
Mute Swans (4)
Ospreys (2)
Tree Swallows (2)
Great Egrets (3)
American Black Ducks (18)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (5)
Red-winged Blackbirds (4)
Mourning Doves (3)
Mallards (9)
American Crows (4)
American Goldfinches (4)
American Robins (2)
Canada Geese (18)
Black-capped Chickadees (2)
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Cardinals (2)
Gull sp. (4)
Northern Mockingbird
Belted Kingfishers (2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Palm Warbler
Yellowlegs sp. (6)
White-throated Sparrow (3)
Song Sparrows (2)
Eastern Phoebe
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
April 20, 2003
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: Sunny, about 50 degrees, light breeze
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Canada Geese
Great Black-backed Gulls (40)
Northern Harriers (2)
Double-crested Cormorant
American Crows (2)
Red-winged Blackbird
Great Egrets (2)
Snowy Egret
Common Loons (3)
American Robins (4)
Brown-headed Cowbirds (2)
Tree Swallow
Northern Flicker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrows (2)
Red-throated Loons (2)
Red-necked Grebes (2)
Hermit Thrush
House Finch
American Oystercatchers (4)
Long-tailed Ducks (10)
Mute Swan
Horned Grebes (2)
Mourning Dove
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
April 27, 2003
Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
Conditions: Sunny, about 60 degrees, breezy
Song Sparrows (21)
Brown-headed Cowbirds (7)
Herring Gulls (24)
Yellow Warblers (3)
Ring-billed Gulls (12)
Laughing Gulls (17)
Red-winged Blackbirds (25)
European Starlings (6)
House Sparrows (2)
Northern Mockingbirds (3)
Killdeer (4)
Canada Geese (8)
Belted Kingfisher
Gadwalls (4)
Double-crested Cormorants (3)
Crow sp. (8)
American Goldfinches (3)
American Robins (9)
Mallards (3)
Great Black-backed Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk
House Finches (2)
Downy Woodpecker
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Yellow-rumped Warblers (4)
Mourning Doves (4)
Snowy Egrets (6)
Greater Yellowlegs (6)
Barn Swallows (3)
Great Blue Heron
Common Tern
Great Egrets (2)
Brant (145)
Red-breasted Mergansers (3)
Forsters Tern
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis (20)
Tree Swallows (40)
Northern Cardinal
Savannah Sparrows (3) (plus 1 Ipswich form)
Bobolink
Common Grackles (3)
Submitted by Jim Remsen (includes birds seen from 9 A.M. to noon)